Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Paperback. Mary Wollstonecraft and author Mary Shelley were mother and daughter, yet these two extraordinary women never knew one another. Nevertheless, their passionate and pioneering lives remained closely intertwined, their choices, dreams and tragedies eerily similar. This book deals with their life and work. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592396
- ISBN
- 9780099592396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. "John Betjeman". Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 190 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747810513
- ISBN
- 9780747810513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Translator(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192246
- ISBN
- 9780141192246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184899
- ISBN
- 9781859184899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Paperback. Unimpressed by the world of debutante balls, Monica Dickens shocked her family by getting a job. With no experience whatsoever, she gained employment as a cook-general. This title tells story of Monica. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091944681
- ISBN
- 9780091944681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. Paradox ruled Thomas Hardy's life. His birth was almost his death; he became one of the great Victorian novelists and reinvented himself as one of the twentieth-century's greatest poets; he was an unhappy husband and a desolate widower; he wrote bitter attacks on the English class system yet prized the friendship of aristocrats. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241963289
- ISBN
- 9780241963289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. A. N. Wilson is one of the most popular and bestselling historians and biographers writing in Britain today and in Dante In Love he brings to life one of the western canon's most enigmatic figures. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848879508
- ISBN
- 9781848879508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447299912
- ISBN
- 9781447299912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. J. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, 'Empire of the Sun', this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Edition
- 1st Harper Perennial Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007272341
- ISBN
- 9780007272341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Hardback. A vibrantly illustrated chain of entanglements (romantic and otherwise) between some of our best-loved writers and artists of the twentieth century--fascinating, scandalous, and surprising. Num Pages: 96 pages, 4-color illustrations throughout; two fold-out spreads. BIC Classification: BGF; BGL; BK; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632866554
- ISBN
- 9781632866554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.24
€ 17.99
€ 13.24
paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Number of pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141978826
- ISBN
- 9780141978826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.59
€ 23.99
€ 16.59
Hardback. The first biography of one of contemporary British literature's most gifted and controversial authors. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 42. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849017015
- ISBN
- 9781849017015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5.86
€ 5.86
Paperback. New, non-fiction departure from number 1 bestselling fiction author Mike Gayle Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340936757
- ISBN
- 9780340936757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910021668
- ISBN
- 9781910021668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Critically acclaimed, award-winning biography of CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and the brilliant group of writers to come out of Oxford during the Second World War. Num Pages: 304 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007748693
- ISBN
- 9780007748693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.37
€ 15.99
€ 11.37
Hardback. The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. This edition shows how he exaggerated to create his compelling narrative, and includes other writings to show how subtle and complex his approach to literature really was. Editor(s): Shrimpton, Nicholas. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199675289
- ISBN
- 9780199675289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.86
€ 31.99
€ 31.86
Paperback. A celebration of George Eliot's life, work and greatest novel, exploring through a mixture of literary biography, deep reading and personal memoir how Middlemarch answers fundamental questions about life and love Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847085160
- ISBN
- 9781847085160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. This updated edition features a new preface by the author as well as an expanded notes section. Num Pages: 320 pages, Two 16pp B&W inset. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847675606
- ISBN
- 9781847675606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
€ 17.99
€ 13.03
Hardcover. In this absorbing collection of stories and trivia readers will find answers to the amazing and extraordinary aspects of Austen's life, work and legacy. From her development as a world-class author, secrets of her own life and loves, through insights into her novels and their characters along with the changing reception to them over the years. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Rydon Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910821121
- ISBN
- 9781910821121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Harbour Books (East) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905128280
- ISBN
- 9781905128280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.52
€ 19.99
€ 18.52
Paperback. A funny memoir of John Carey, best known for his provocative stance on the arts and the academic establishment. It shows his journey from an ordinary background to Oxford's oldest literary professorship. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571310937
- ISBN
- 9780571310937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Hardback. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153560
- ISBN
- 9780231153560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.78
€ 42.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. The basis for the Major Motion Picture Salinger. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447265030
- ISBN
- 9781447265030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.29
€ 6.29
Paperback. The most authoritative, comprehensive, perceptive biography of R. L. Stevenson to date, using for the first time his collected correspondence - which has been unavailable to all previous writers. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 540
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007113224
- ISBN
- 9780007113224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.53
€ 23.99
€ 17.53